Should Detectives, Not Just Academics, Review Drug Research?

The different reports I intend to comment on may seem a bit disconnected as you read this; however, I think you will see the common thread. ...

Corn Oil and Cancer?

The benefits of corn oil keep rolling in. In a new study by Stephen Freedland's group at Duke, feeding mice a diet rich in butter and l...

Magnesium and Insulin Sensitivity

From a paper based on US NHANES nutrition and health survey data ( 1 ): During 1999–2000, the diet of a large proportion of the U.S. popula...

Lindeberg on Obesity

I'm currently reading Dr. Staffan Lindeberg's magnum opus Food and Western Disease , recently published in English for the first tim...

SMBG Research, Or The Lack Of It

Nearly three years ago I challenged the authors of a particularly poor paper titled "Impact of self monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG)...

Saturated Fat and Insulin Sensitivity

Insulin sensitivity is a measure of the tissue response to insulin. Typically, it refers to insulin's ability to cause tissues to absor...

Thank You

I'd like to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who has supported me through donations this year. The money has allowed me to buy mate...

Good Targets, Bad Methods

There has been a lot of discussion in the media and the blogosphere about an Early Online Publication in the Lancet on 27 January 2010. Surv...

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